The article is fine, a positive response to a slam dunk example of ready to FIRE. But the comments are fun. Most people say FIRE is unrealistic:
Can I retire at 60? How to do the math
Can I retire at 60? How to do the math
The comments section of every large paper article is pure crab-pot underbelly hatred and whining. Unless I am looking to indulge my inner curmudgeon (Fred on Everything posts are a lot more entertaining when I choose to do so), I avoid them. Tarnishes the soul.
The comments section of every large paper article is pure crab-pot underbelly hatred and whining. Unless I am looking to indulge my inner curmudgeon (Fred on Everything posts are a lot more entertaining when I choose to do so), I avoid them. Tarnishes the soul.
The comments section of every large paper article is pure crab-pot underbelly hatred and whining. Unless I am looking to indulge my inner curmudgeon (Fred on Everything posts are a lot more entertaining when I choose to do so), I avoid them. Tarnishes the soul.
It's one of the things that used to drive me CRAZY about the more modern news reporting is asking the average Joe what they think of certain newsworthy events. Plus what is trending on Twitter or Facebook or whatever.
I noticed CNN starting to do this heavily about a decade ago, and I just hated it. They aren't the only ones by any means. I don't CARE what the average person's opinion of the news is!!! Please don't waste the news hour.
Well, we stopped watching national news 5 years ago, and completely stopped local news 3 years ago. If something important happens, it usually shows up in one of our news feeds or one of the forums I frequent. Good enough for me! I miss so much crap now it's wonderful!!!!!
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Well, we stopped watching national news 5 years ago, and completely stopped local news 3 years ago. If something important happens, it usually shows up in one of our news feeds or one of the forums I frequent. Good enough for me! I miss so much crap now it's wonderful!!!!!
It's one of the things that used to drive me CRAZY about the more modern news reporting is asking the average Joe what they think of certain newsworthy events. Plus what is trending on Twitter or Facebook or whatever.
God, yes. I despair when I read comments pretty much anywhere.
I confess that I like comment sections...in some places. Yes, some of them are terrible and even the best have some idiots and trolls. But, it is often in the comments that you get a different perspective and often valuable information that the article itself left out. There are some articles where I eagerly read the comments to see what the author has failed to mention. For me, the best comment section is probably those at the New York Times. They recently had an article about some of the frequent commenters that I found really interesting. I enjoy reading Vox, but think it is the poorer for not having comments. I guess I want a comments section but want it moderated.
What keeps me from commenting on many articles is the insistence that I use my FaceBook login. Umm, no. I play nice and I'm generally tactful but I don't want all my comments in Zuckerberg's server.